At 2:24 p.m. Eastern on an unassuming Friday during the college football offseason, the city of Columbus, Ohio, collectively stopped consuming oxygen. The people of this great football town hugged loved ones in despair. They frantically made phone calls and sent text messages seeking out answers and guidance.
National championship hero-quarterback Cardale Jones announced he was leaving the program through his Twitter account:
It was a rough decision but I think it’s best for me, like to thank OSU for this amazing opportunity but my time here has came to an end 😔
— Cardale Jones (@CJ12_) May 1, 2015
His destination? Akron.
Yes, that Akron. Jones changed his Twitter avatar and background and offered up the following confirmation (as if it were necessary). Christmas came early for Akron head coach Terry Bowden.
As for Ohio State’s quarterback quandary? Well, consider it a bit more solved.
#ZipNation
— Cardale Jones (@CJ12_) May 1, 2015
The most significant piece of news of the college football offseason entered our world without an invitation, knocking our football senses off their axis with a pickup-sized cinder block.
And then, eight minutes later, as my editor reached out in a panic and colleagues began lighting fires through Google Chat, the madness subsided. The frenzy ripped through our world like a tremendous twister and left without a trace of destruction, and it was hilarious:
MAY FOOLS 😂
— Cardale Jones…
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